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| 1848 | Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto.
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| 1863 | President Abraham Lincoln (R) signs the National Currency Act into law. Another step in the centralization of power for the U.S.
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| 1951 | The 22nd Amendment is approved and becomes law. It limits holding the office of the presidency to two terms.
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| 1985 | Corazon Aquino wins the Philippine presidency away from U.S supported dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
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| 1993 | New York's World Trade Center is bombed by terrorists. Six Middle Eastern men were later convicted in this act of vengeance for the Palestinian people.
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| 1997 | Democratic fund-raisers "explicitly sold invitations to White House coffees with President Clinton" (The New York Times, 2/26/97). Clinton (D) even authorized overnight stays in the Lincoln bedroom in exchange for generous contributions to the Democratic Party.
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